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keithbvadu2

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7. One bit of our cultural lore is to live out your days in the family home.

Reply to keithbvadu2 (Reply #6)

Mon Nov 4, 2024, 10:27 AM

Nov 4

One bit of our cultural lore is to live out your days in the family home.

It can turn out to be exactly that - 'live out your days'.

Sitting there alone waiting for friends and relatives to visit on a sporadic basis.

The mother of one of our members moved from the family farm/home to a senior community.
Might be a room or an apt/mini-apt.

Lots of activities and socialization, internal and short day trips.

She loves it and family can visit but daughter says might need an appt due to her own schedule.

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Depends on if you are an extrovert or not? jmbar2 Nov 4 #1

The Brits and French are all over this. usonian Nov 4 #2

I suppose that it helps that they (the Brits and French) have decent health-care systems erronis Nov 4 #3

Our national religion places money over people. usonian Nov 4 #5

It's still an improvement over my marriage. nt Gore1FL Nov 4 #4

She outlived all her friends... She died on her cold kitchen floor and wasn't discovered for six months keithbvadu2 Nov 4 #6

One bit of our cultural lore is to live out your days in the family home. keithbvadu2 Nov 4 #7